Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a685fe71adcbf1bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.9 KB Created: 2021-09-17 23:15:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: c0a9f43264cf767149f312e547c03859 SHA-1: 20a24a064d91f2cbefd9db9cc2fcc11fdc990e5d SHA-256: a685fe71adcbf1bcbbbb3b9d9c894dd52bf353102affce6ff7cc3a7a254728eb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to further obfuscate the malicious links or perform additional malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=simple+login+page+android+studio PDF link annotation
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613864db7f859---satowixapopukosefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etepi.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zofezezuvitejusiwopisal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodykneadstherapy.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75903471891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inventory-acepipe.com/images/uploads/files/33688141710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://t-eamplus.de/web/editor/files/bisusofupuloti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appinaris.net/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/bofusogufofabubamopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tolgyesvolgy.hu/userfiles/file/jupezarasananine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flooroverstock.com/admin/userfiles/file/92918983216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://komputerzagrosze.pl/userfiles/file/lisazugatogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://98ing.com/upload/ck/files/20210916_194433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.laterveer-biesenbeek.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82997288157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivingtesttips.ie/fckeditor/userfiles/file/55692788261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.examnotice.in/uploads/files/dusamajufolekan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mywayrtk.com/userfiles/file/tixudanixurip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wisdomtours.net/upload/file/88547080555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f94105a897---zarebipululuvotobirogob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biogenetixpharma.com/ci/userfiles/files/vobinimugatidafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ausztriasi.spawellness.hu/upload/hirlevel/files/99192600295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fc7353512a---nejafunexugebebarezif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/450b65be456be4bdd50a672be37c963b/fekubakipibuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuketdriveschool.com/userfiles/file/bikukuxuseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohmytour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210916_AA6D52C3E2509033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jia-longsofa.com/uploadpic/jialong151126/files/202109131657004438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agencesramos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21394062051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c1ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC1AE 10908 bytes
SHA-256: dbe0535f944f7920b4788a2ae1c8dacb4799ebe505f95373a51e4e4d43a838b3
font_01_sfnt_off0000daa6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAA6 16976 bytes
SHA-256: 71550adec79a8b9ca053aac3b9932388f32cb14a55510c157efe65ddfd9c456a
font_02_sfnt_off0001065f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1065F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1